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Definition
successful or good — especially with regard to finances or wealth
- On that great day, when first the martial train, Big with the fate of Ilion, plough'd the main, Jove, on the right, a prosperous signal sent, And thunder rolling shook the firmament.Book 2 (42% in)
- With wonder Priam view'd the godlike man, Extoll'd the happy prince, and thus began: "O bless'd Atrides! born to prosperous fate, Successful monarch of a mighty state!Book 3 (43% in)
There are no more uses of "prosperous" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope).
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